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coming up on "early today," vice president joe biden ready with his gun control recommendations for president obama. >>> major concerns among top military brass that budget consults and hiring freezes could create a department of defense with a hollow force. >>> government sting. the dea set up our own service service agents with prostitutes. all that with the growing flu epidemic. one year since the "costa concordia" and because it's friday, twiggy, the water skiing squirrel. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for friday, january 11th, 2013. >>> good morning, i'm mara schiavocampo. vice president biden continues to hold meetings as the head of administration's gun control task force. thursday, biden met with gun rights advocates, including the national rifle association as well as gun retailer it's and representatives from the entertainment industry. while participants described the meetings as open and frank, the nra had harsh words for the vice president afterwards. >> the administration was able to check the box and say they'd talked to the representative
coming up on "early today," vice president joe biden ready with his gun control recommendations for president obama. >>> major concerns among top military brass that budget consults and hiring freezes could create a department of defense with a hollow force. >>> government sting. the dea set up our own service service agents with prostitutes. all that with the growing flu epidemic. one year since the "costa concordia" and because it's friday, twiggy, the...
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of president obama by tuesday. a little more than a month after the shootings in newtown. he and the task force have been hearing for different sides and a to be lobbyist from the nra. coming away none too pleased with the administration. he joins us now from the white house. the vice president mentioned specific recommendations emergeing for groups. what are they? >> number one, he mentioned it right there at a news conference of sorts with reporters and the reporters weren't asking questions, but the vice president gave a briefing and said they will look at background checks. it's a background check. he is talking about universal background checks and private sale fist i were to sell you a gun, there would be a background check according to what the vice president was laying out. the other thing he was talking about was a ban or limitation on the high capacity magazines like the magazines used by the shooter, adam lanza in newtown, connecticut. people who were concerned about the violence pointed to the magazines
of president obama by tuesday. a little more than a month after the shootings in newtown. he and the task force have been hearing for different sides and a to be lobbyist from the nra. coming away none too pleased with the administration. he joins us now from the white house. the vice president mentioned specific recommendations emergeing for groups. what are they? >> number one, he mentioned it right there at a news conference of sorts with reporters and the reporters weren't asking...
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thank you. ♪ >>> when vice president biden suggest said some of his recommendations to president obama might include the president issues executive orders, a firestorm erupted. president obama, critics said, was overstepping his authority. the drudge report read the headline, white house threatens executive orders on guns. and look at the pictures. they show pictures of josef stalin and adolf hitler. lindsey graham weighed in as well. gun control by executive order could be a power grab that won't go down well. just today, newt gingrich told fox's greta van susteren that congress should act to block any executive order. they need congress to cut off money and say no money shall be spent to do this. newt gingrich has launched a new website. i spoke to him just a few minutes ago. mr. speaker, as you know, the white house is looking seriously at new gun control measures. they have talked about using executive orders, not to create new gun control laws, but to strengthen things like databases the fbi uses for background checks or getting states to share more information from criminal and m
thank you. ♪ >>> when vice president biden suggest said some of his recommendations to president obama might include the president issues executive orders, a firestorm erupted. president obama, critics said, was overstepping his authority. the drudge report read the headline, white house threatens executive orders on guns. and look at the pictures. they show pictures of josef stalin and adolf hitler. lindsey graham weighed in as well. gun control by executive order could be a power...
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in front of president obama by this coming tuesday, a little more than a month after the shootings in newtown. he and his task force have been hearing from a lot of different sides, including top lobbyists for the national rifle association, the nra. the organization coming away none too pleased with the administration as jim accost to reports. the vice president mentioned some specific recommendations emerging from groups meeting so far. what are they? >> well, number one, anderson, he mentioned it right there at a news conference of sorts with reporters. the reporters weren't allowed to ask questions, but the vice president did give a briefing as to what was going on today. he said that they're going to be looking at universal background checks, and that would sort of replace the system we have now, sort of a hodgepodge system where at gun dealers there are background checks that are conducted but at gun shows there are not. he's talking about universal background checks. even private sales, if i were to sell you a gun, there would have to be a background check, according to what th
in front of president obama by this coming tuesday, a little more than a month after the shootings in newtown. he and his task force have been hearing from a lot of different sides, including top lobbyists for the national rifle association, the nra. the organization coming away none too pleased with the administration as jim accost to reports. the vice president mentioned some specific recommendations emerging from groups meeting so far. what are they? >> well, number one, anderson, he...
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obama. >>> major concern among top military brass that budget cuts and hiring freezes could create a department of defense with a hollow force. >>> government sting. the dea set up our own secret service agents with prostitutes. >>> all that, plus, the growing flu epidemic, one year after the costa concordia accident, and the return of the water skiing squirrel. >>> good morning. vice president biden continues to hold meetings as the head of the administration's gun control traffic force. biden met with gun control advocates as well as retailers. while participants described the meetings as open and frank, the nra had harsh words for the president afterwards. >> the administration was able to check the box and say they'd talked to the representatives of firearms owners and the groups that support the second amendment. now they were going to try to proceed with what they wanted to do. >> as those meetings were taking place, another school shooting. this one at a high school in rural california. one student was wounded and a 16-year-old suspect was taken into custody. >>> back in washi
obama. >>> major concern among top military brass that budget cuts and hiring freezes could create a department of defense with a hollow force. >>> government sting. the dea set up our own secret service agents with prostitutes. >>> all that, plus, the growing flu epidemic, one year after the costa concordia accident, and the return of the water skiing squirrel. >>> good morning. vice president biden continues to hold meetings as the head of the...
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president obama says he -- vice president biden will give the president ideas tuesday. he is giving a hint today what the ideas might be. met with representatives from the national rifle association and other gun owners groups. the president put vice president biden in charge of the projected after the newtown, massacre. today he said the public wants us to act. >> there is nothing that has gone to the heart of the matter more than the visual image people have of little 6-year-old kids riddled, not shot with a stray bullet, riddled, riddled with bullet holes. in their classroom. >> the vice president says some of the ideas he is considering are universal background checks, not just for gun shows but also for private gun sales and a possible ban on those high capacity ammunition magazines. but he says he has not yet made an official list. after today's meeting, the nra released a statement that reads in part, and i quote: we are disappointed with how little this meeting had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had to do with an agenda to attack the second
president obama says he -- vice president biden will give the president ideas tuesday. he is giving a hint today what the ideas might be. met with representatives from the national rifle association and other gun owners groups. the president put vice president biden in charge of the projected after the newtown, massacre. today he said the public wants us to act. >> there is nothing that has gone to the heart of the matter more than the visual image people have of little 6-year-old kids...
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with gun rights groups at the white house and aiming to have a list of recommendations on president obama's desk by tuesday. but before his meeting with the n.r.a. this afternoon, biden gave us a glimse into what some of those suggestions might be. watch this. >> there's an emerging set of recommendations, not coming from me, but coming from the groups we've met with and i'm focus on the ones that relate primarily to gun ownership, the type of weapons that they own. and one is, there's a surprising, so far, a surprising recurrence of suggestions that we have universal background checks. i've never quite heard as much talk about the need to do something about high capacity magazines, as i've heard spontaneously from every group that we've met with so far. and the last area, which is an area at that is-- the whole question of the ability of any federal agency to do any research on the issue of gun violence. >> sean: now, keep in mind, uncle joe made those comments before he met with members of gun rights groups and from the sound of it the meeting was very unproductive. the n.r.a. puts out a
with gun rights groups at the white house and aiming to have a list of recommendations on president obama's desk by tuesday. but before his meeting with the n.r.a. this afternoon, biden gave us a glimse into what some of those suggestions might be. watch this. >> there's an emerging set of recommendations, not coming from me, but coming from the groups we've met with and i'm focus on the ones that relate primarily to gun ownership, the type of weapons that they own. and one is, there's a...
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, senator mccain and senator obama. and what was being challenged at the time, you may remember the advertisement that said that general petraeus was being fast and loose with statistics. and let me show you what those statistics were. these are the total amount of violent incidents in iraq from 2004 all the way up to 010. and when the insurgent nts started the psyches of violence it went up substantially and the question is whether this was a reduction in violence preceding the testimony or whether general petraeus was making that up. he wasn't making that up and we didn't know it at the time but here is what ended up happening. over the past five years, with the effectiveness of the surge and especially the building up of the iraq security forces to be able to handle the violence that was taking place in iraq, to isolate and eliminate the insurgency, they were able to bring iraq down to the level of violence that could be handled locally. another important decision, i mentioned the first one made by president bush to
, senator mccain and senator obama. and what was being challenged at the time, you may remember the advertisement that said that general petraeus was being fast and loose with statistics. and let me show you what those statistics were. these are the total amount of violent incidents in iraq from 2004 all the way up to 010. and when the insurgent nts started the psyches of violence it went up substantially and the question is whether this was a reduction in violence preceding the testimony or...
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biden will make recommendations to president obama by tuesday. we will take you to washington live in a few minutes. we'll hear from white house correspondent dan lothian, coming up. >>> severe storms, including three tornado touchdowns leave parts of louisiana underwater. one town, eunice, in southwestern, louisiana, drenched with more than a foot of rain over three days. seven parishes have widespread flooding, prompting bobby jindal to declare a state of emergency. more rain forecast this weekend. >>> major league baseball out front on testing for human growth hormone. in-season blood test willing begin during the 2013 season. that announcement, a day after a star-studded but checkered class of candidates was shut out entirely by the hall of fame. barry bonds, roger clemens, sammy sosa, rejected because of links to steroid abuse. >> baseball had this in the works for a while. announced it yesterday after the fall of fame thing. >> the players on board. >> the union signed on. i don't think the players love the idea, but they will do it it's a
biden will make recommendations to president obama by tuesday. we will take you to washington live in a few minutes. we'll hear from white house correspondent dan lothian, coming up. >>> severe storms, including three tornado touchdowns leave parts of louisiana underwater. one town, eunice, in southwestern, louisiana, drenched with more than a foot of rain over three days. seven parishes have widespread flooding, prompting bobby jindal to declare a state of emergency. more rain...
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joe biden would be considered one of those as the vice president. but chuck hagel, coal colin powell supposed to be on "meet the press" this sunday. does he have the political power to smooth the waters in washington, d.c.? chuck hagel being seen as a split from the neocon conservative leftovers. >> i do think colin powell lends credibility to the nomination of chuck hagel. but there are key senators like senator chuck schumer that will make a big difference. with regard to senator schumer, i cannot speak more highly than senator schumer. i was seeking the aim accusations when i was running as senator of pennsylvania in 2010. senator schumer called me and came in to philadelphia and met with the jewish literee leaders having understood having been in the military, we would have laid down our lives for the defense of israel. i went to the middle east with senator hagel and heard him talk about having the strength of having america defend israel. my take on end of the day, senator schumer critically will probably do what he did once for america, defen
joe biden would be considered one of those as the vice president. but chuck hagel, coal colin powell supposed to be on "meet the press" this sunday. does he have the political power to smooth the waters in washington, d.c.? chuck hagel being seen as a split from the neocon conservative leftovers. >> i do think colin powell lends credibility to the nomination of chuck hagel. but there are key senators like senator chuck schumer that will make a big difference. with regard to...
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biden's task force efforts going on for three days in the summit. dianne feinstein the senator from california has the pweurblgs there may not be enougbill. there may not be enough votes to pass that. the idea that high capacity military ammunition magazines could actually be limited, that seems to have some currency and momentum as does the background checks. but this eupl mass on the actual ban on guns that could really be a problem for the gun control lobby has them finally trying to sort of catch up to the nra which has a huge organizational advantage when it comes to the grassroots battle on both side of this. jon: the grassroots groups, break down their roles for us. >> reporter: on the left side of this. on the gun control side, there hasn't been a great deal, as a matter of fact. if you look at last year's spending comparing just the national rifle association, never mind dozens of other prosecond amendment groups and compare its donations in the 2012 campaign to awful the collective gun control groups across the country it's kind of astound
biden's task force efforts going on for three days in the summit. dianne feinstein the senator from california has the pweurblgs there may not be enougbill. there may not be enough votes to pass that. the idea that high capacity military ammunition magazines could actually be limited, that seems to have some currency and momentum as does the background checks. but this eupl mass on the actual ban on guns that could really be a problem for the gun control lobby has them finally trying to sort of...
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the vice president said that, yesterday, that president obama could use executive order to get some of these things done. does he need that to have universal background checks or to do something else that vice president biden said today they wanted to do, which was to ban those high-capacity magazines? >> reporter: that's what's fascinating. very much an about-face, erin. these two proposals that the vice president mentioned today could not be done through executive order, they have to be done through congress. somewhat of a different message coming out of the vice president today. these specific proposals would need to go through congress. >> thanks very much to john avalon. >>> former white house deputy press secretary bill burton and co-fonder of priorities usa, a pro-obama super pac, joins me along with tim carney. bill, the vice president came out yesterday and said, we're going to use executive order if we need to. that really riled a lot of people up. executive order, you guys aren't going to get it done, we're going to do it. we just heard john avalon say, look, those ideas are
the vice president said that, yesterday, that president obama could use executive order to get some of these things done. does he need that to have universal background checks or to do something else that vice president biden said today they wanted to do, which was to ban those high-capacity magazines? >> reporter: that's what's fascinating. very much an about-face, erin. these two proposals that the vice president mentioned today could not be done through executive order, they have to be...
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joe biden have it both ways with his boss, mr. barak obama? we're going to report and you decide. >> eric: check this out, no, the mayans weren't right, it's not the end of the world. but what the heck is that? we're going to tell you in a couple minutes. "fox & friends" hour three starts right now. >> alisyn: good morning, everybody. thank you for joining us. i'm in for gretchen. eric is in for brian. what are you doing here? >> steve: i just work here. i sit at the edge of the couch and drink coffee on fridays. geraldo rivera just off camera, are you drinking coffee, tea or is that a gin and tonic? >> this is a hot rum toddy. >> alisyn: it's going to be an interesting set then. stick around. we want to get to your headlines. fox news alert, there has been a brazen jail break at a prison near baghdad. we understand there is a manhunt underway for 12 prisoners who escaped and they did it through the windows of their cells and they reportedly took weapons from the guards. some of the escapees are linked to al-qaeda. some guards are being questi
joe biden have it both ways with his boss, mr. barak obama? we're going to report and you decide. >> eric: check this out, no, the mayans weren't right, it's not the end of the world. but what the heck is that? we're going to tell you in a couple minutes. "fox & friends" hour three starts right now. >> alisyn: good morning, everybody. thank you for joining us. i'm in for gretchen. eric is in for brian. what are you doing here? >> steve: i just work here. i sit at...
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troops will be discussed today and meetings with president barack obama, vice president joe biden and of agab stand's president hamid karzai. both heads of state will take part in a joint news conference coming up in about three hours from now. cnn's wolf blitzer and gloria borger will anchor our live special coverage. >>> the department of transportation is going to conduct a comprehensive review of the boeing 787 dreamliner's critical systems including design, manufacturing and assembly. secretary ray lahood spoke just moments ago. >> we will look for the root causes of recent events and do everything we can to ensure these events don't happen again. >> the 787 has had a difficult week, several jets were involved in public incidents, including a fire in the battery compartment and a fuel leak. >>> some amazing pictures to show you out of australia. check this out. wow! it's a red dust storm. looks almost like a wall of fire, doesn't it? it comes on the outskirts of a strong tropical cyclone off the northwest coast of australia. it covered homes and cars and stuff but no serious dama
troops will be discussed today and meetings with president barack obama, vice president joe biden and of agab stand's president hamid karzai. both heads of state will take part in a joint news conference coming up in about three hours from now. cnn's wolf blitzer and gloria borger will anchor our live special coverage. >>> the department of transportation is going to conduct a comprehensive review of the boeing 787 dreamliner's critical systems including design, manufacturing and...
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biden says his task force will deliver recommendations to president obama by tuesday. >>> we're seeing new gun related violence including an overnight hostage at a los angeles mall. two armed men held 14 people inside a store for several hours and lapd s.w.a.t. team surrou surrounded the area and put a theater with 200 movie goers on lockdown until about 3:00 this morning. but the armed men got away. fortunately, though, the hostages are safe. >>> also in california, students at taft union high school are being counseled today after a 16-year-old boy shot at two of his classmates. authorities say the gunman planned the attack the night before and entered the school armeded with a 12 gauge shotgun that belonged to his brother. he was targeting two classmates because he felt he had been bullied. one student was shot and is in critical but stable condition. the other was not hit. a teacher talked the shooter into handing over his gun. he suffered a pellet wound to his head during the shooting. he and the school's campus supervisor are being called heros now. >> this teacher and this couns
biden says his task force will deliver recommendations to president obama by tuesday. >>> we're seeing new gun related violence including an overnight hostage at a los angeles mall. two armed men held 14 people inside a store for several hours and lapd s.w.a.t. team surrou surrounded the area and put a theater with 200 movie goers on lockdown until about 3:00 this morning. but the armed men got away. fortunately, though, the hostages are safe. >>> also in california, students...
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he's joe biden. >> -- obama that the ceo, the mark of a great ceo or the top three or four appointees, hillary clinton, joe biden, that's what a great ceo does. it's the people around them. >> david? >> mika, i was just going to make this historical point which is kind of ironic. it was joe biden back in 1994 who told democrats who were trying to get an assault weapons amendment into his crime bill -- >> right. >> -- that they shouldn't do that. that they were going to tank his crime bill, and they were doing all of these good things. and ultimately dianne feinstein and others prevailed in this amendment. they got the assault weapons ban through. now here he is to recommend a package of legislation where they understand they've got to be careful. they want to be more comprehensive, less narrow. there's still a question of whether they have the stomach for the political fight that they are about to face. whether they demand action this year, whether they put some things out there, maybe get a couple bipartisan bills and keep this alive but try to get some other things done before they
he's joe biden. >> -- obama that the ceo, the mark of a great ceo or the top three or four appointees, hillary clinton, joe biden, that's what a great ceo does. it's the people around them. >> david? >> mika, i was just going to make this historical point which is kind of ironic. it was joe biden back in 1994 who told democrats who were trying to get an assault weapons amendment into his crime bill -- >> right. >> -- that they shouldn't do that. that they were...
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>>> vice president joe biden's gun control task force will deliver its recommendation to president obama by tuesday, that's pretty fast. today he meets with representatives of the video game industry. so far he's met with the nra. the nra called the meeting "an agenda to attack the second amendment." >>> the 16-year-old who opened fire and wounded a classmate claimed he was bullied, he was targeting two boys at taft high school in bakersfield, california. he shot a second round as students escaped but missed. teacher ryan heber and campus supervisor kim lee fields have high praise for convincing him to put the gun down. >> my son is going to be all right but the community is probably going to think about him much, i mean the other students are the ones that probably are going to be affected the most. my son will always be affected, but he handles things well. >> for now the suspect will be charged as a juvenile with attempted murder. it will be up to prosecutors to decide if he will be charged as an adult. >>> james holmes will be tried for murder in the colorado theater movie rampage th
>>> vice president joe biden's gun control task force will deliver its recommendation to president obama by tuesday, that's pretty fast. today he meets with representatives of the video game industry. so far he's met with the nra. the nra called the meeting "an agenda to attack the second amendment." >>> the 16-year-old who opened fire and wounded a classmate claimed he was bullied, he was targeting two boys at taft high school in bakersfield, california. he shot a...
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. >> reporter: white house officials would not comment on the meeting, part of biden's gun safety task force. the president of the nra is speaking out, accusing the obama administration of attacking the second amendment. >> they made it very clear that the president's position on firearms and the so-called assault weapons ban and the like had been the same position that he has taken for many years and that they're going to stick with that. >> reporter: sharp words came after the vice president earlier in the day previewed his upcoming report. >> there's an emerging set of recommendations. i'm going to focus on the ones that relate primarily to gun ownership, what type of weapons can be owned. and one is there is a surprising -- so far, a surprising recurrence of suggestions that we have universal background checks. >> reporter: meanwhile the president is coming under scrutiny this week after naming jack lew as treasury secretary, the fourth white male mr. obama has chosen in the last month to fill top cabinet positions. this photo, surrounded by all male advisers, though top aide valer
. >> reporter: white house officials would not comment on the meeting, part of biden's gun safety task force. the president of the nra is speaking out, accusing the obama administration of attacking the second amendment. >> they made it very clear that the president's position on firearms and the so-called assault weapons ban and the like had been the same position that he has taken for many years and that they're going to stick with that. >> reporter: sharp words came after...